Funding Opportunities

For questions regarding these opportunities, please contact Sarah Laye at: slaye@som.umaryland.edu.

Date Posted	Organization	Title	Website	Type Sort descending	LOI or Pre-Application Due Date	Application Due Date	Expiration Date	Comments / Documents
02/19/26	American Cancer Society	ACS Spring 2026 Grant Opportunities Webinar for the Northeast Region	Register for webinar			06/01/26		This webinar (on 3/23/26) will provide an overview of the ACS grant funding opportunities available during the Summer 2026 cycle. The application deadline for this cycle is June 1st, 2026.
05/07/26	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA-R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer	website	Award		09/15/26
05/07/26	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA-Caroline Craig Augustyn & Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer	website	Award		09/15/26
03/31/24	Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer	SITC-MRA Women in Melanoma Fellowship Award	Link	Award
05/22/20	Oncology Nursing Society	Retired Oncology Nursing Society Awards	Link	Award
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Level 3	website	DOW	06/12/2026	09/30/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Era of Hope Scholar Award	website	DOW	06/24/2026	07/08/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2	website	DOW	06/24/2026	07/08/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award	website	DOW	06/12/2026	09/30/26
05/27/26	Department of War - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)	FY26 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) - various awards	website	DOW				Pre-application/LOI and application deadlines vary by award - visit website
05/27/26	Department of War - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)	FY26 Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) - various awards	website	DOW	08/12/2026	09/02/26
05/27/26	Department of War - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)	FY26 Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) - various awards	website	DOW		09/02/26		Pre-application/LOI due dates vary by award - visit website
05/27/26	Department of War - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)	FY26 Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) - various awards	website	DOW				Pre-application/LOI and application deadlines vary by award - visit website
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Academy – Early-Career Investigator Award	website	DOW		10/01/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Investigator-Initiated Research Award	website	DOW		10/01/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Ovarian Cancer, Clinical Trial Award	website	DOW		10/01/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Pilot Award	website	DOW		10/01/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Focused Pilot Award	website	DOW		10/07/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Idea Development Award	website	DOW		10/07/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Translational Research Partnership Award	website	DOW		10/07/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award	website	DOW	06/24/2026	07/08/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award	website	DOW	06/24/2026	07/08/26
05/07/26	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Level 4	website	DOW	06/12/2026	09/30/26
05/07/26	FDA	FDA Novel Approaches to Support Therapeutic Development in Ultra-Rare Cancers	website	FDA		06/15/26
05/07/26	Helen Hay Whitney Foundation	The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Post Doctoral Research Training	website	Fellowship		06/16/26
05/07/26	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery – Thoracic Surgical Oncology Clinical Trial Research Training Fellowship	website	Fellowship		07/01/26
12/17/19	Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health	ASPPH Fellowships and Internships (various)	Link	Fellowship		https://www.aspph.org/study/fellowships-and-internships/
09/22/22	Breast Cancer Alliance	Breast Cancer Alliance grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://breastcanceralliance.org/what-we-fund
05/22/20	American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)	AGA Research Awards (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.gastro.org/research-and-awards/research-awards/apply-for-awards
11/14/25	American Cancer Society	RFA: Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP)	Link	Foundation		06/01/26
09/23/22	Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF)	Melanoma Research Foundation Research Grant RFPs (various)	Link	Foundation		https://melanoma.org/research-science/research-grants/research-grant-rfps/
09/18/20	Chordoma Foundation	Chordoma Foundation Funding Opps (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.chordomafoundation.org/funding-opportunities/
10/09/20	American Society of Clinical Oncology	ASCO Grants and Awards	Link	Foundation
10/28/22	Cancer Research Institute	CRI Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.cancerresearch.org/apply-for-grants
10/22/20	Sanofi Genzyme	Research and Medical Education Contributions	Link	Foundation				Applications can be submitted online at any time all year round.
01/24/23	Gray Foundation	GRAY FOUNDATION BRCA TEAM SCIENCE PROGRAM	Link	Foundation
11/13/20	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Funding Opportunities (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.aacr.org/professionals/research-funding/current-funding-opportuniti…
02/07/23	Prostate Cancer Foundation	Prostate Cancer Foundation Awards (Various)	Link	Foundation				Deadlines vary across grants
11/13/20	American Brain Tumor Association	ABTA Research Collaboration Grant	Link	Foundation				Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the ABTA is not able to accept applications for the Research Collaboration Grants for the 2021 grant cycle.
02/14/23	Lung Cancer research Foundation (LCRF)	LCRF (various)	Link	Foundation
01/14/21	American Heart Association	AHA grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://professional.heart.org/en/research-programs/application-information		Earliest LOI due 2/9/21 for Disparities in Cardio-Oncology Strategically Focused Research Network grant
03/14/23	The Hope Foundation	SWOG Trial Support (STrS)	Link	Foundation
05/07/26	North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)	North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Research Grants	website	Foundation		06/26/26
08/29/23	American Lung Association	American Lung Association (various)	Link	Foundation				due dates vary -- see application for each award
04/14/25	Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)	Children's Cancer Research Fund Research Grant (various)	Link	Foundation
05/07/26	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR-Novocure Cancer Research Grant	website	Foundation		06/04/26
08/29/23	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Clinical Chemistry Fellowship	Link	Foundation				Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Early application is encouraged.
09/24/18	Children with Cancer UK	Grants for the support of conferences and meetings	Link	Foundation				This funding stream is open throughout the year.
10/04/23	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR MINORITY SCHOLAR IN CANCER RESEARCH AWARDS	Link	Foundation
03/11/21	Focused Ultrasound Foundation	Focused Ultrasound Foundation Awards (Clinical and Pre-Clinical)	Link	Foundation				Abstracts are accepted any time for all Program Track funding requests. Full proposals due February 1 May 1 August 1 and November 1.